Official appreciation society of the great silent comedian Al Joy. Well, really just a bunch of cinegoons that enjoy not only the great silent comedians... but some of the lesser known. Happily affiliated with the Silent Comedy Mafia.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Unidentified Films Identity Revealed

I toil at a job that in grinding and very, very tough.... okay, actually I have one of the coolest jobs in the world. As an example of that fact I spent much of the week between the holidays winding through unidentified nitrate film. For those of you that are not cinegoons that would be like spending a week in Bermuda lounging on the beach.... gee, maybe I could wind through nitrate on the beach!?
So, anyhow, I was able to identify some things and those are highlighted below. The rest I was able to take some frame grabs and note other information. Those films will be featured on the Nitrate Film Interest Group's Flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfig/.

MISS NOBODY(Federated, 1920) with Billie Rhodes. One reel only of a feature. Library of Congress had this cataloged as UNIDENTIFIED MISCELLANEOUS #27 [how about that for a helpful title!].

THE CAT'S WHISKERS(Universal-Bluebird, 1925) with Neely Edwards and Thelma Hill. We had this as UNIDENTIFIED HANSEN NO02: UNIVERSAL COMEDY.

THE CAT'S WHISKERS(Universal-Bluebird, 1925)

THE CAT'S WHISKERS(Universal-Bluebird, 1925)

THE CAT'S WHISKERS(Universal-Bluebird, 1925)

THE CAT'S WHISKERS(Universal-Bluebird, 1925)

THE CAT'S WHISKERS(Universal-Bluebird, 1925)

THE CAT'S WHISKERS(Universal-Bluebird, 1925)

UNITED STATES
SMITH (Gotham, 1928) with Eddie Gribbon. The Library of
Congress had this one cataloged as UNIDENTIED BLACKHAWK SERVICE
COMEDY.
We only have one reel of the feature, seems to be around reel 2.